tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post3838953075356343625..comments2023-02-13T19:10:16.456-06:00Comments on Matt's Genealogy Blog: My Miller MysteryMatthew Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17470236018203715367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post-30676954690929852632014-09-14T08:14:04.866-05:002014-09-14T08:14:04.866-05:00Mary, thank you for your comment. I replied to you...Mary, thank you for your comment. I replied to you in an email and I look forward to exchanging information with you in the future. --MattMatthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470236018203715367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post-53032745376579177982014-09-13T23:51:30.295-05:002014-09-13T23:51:30.295-05:00Hi Matt, my sister and I are researching our pater...Hi Matt, my sister and I are researching our paternL family tree and know that our great-great-great grandfather was employed in a Burlington, Ia saloon called Panther's by name, or because a Panther (possibly Ferdinand C.) owned it. Have you ever come across information on this saloon? <br />Our family emigrated from the Baden-Baden region of Germany (Kuppenhiem) as had Ferdinand and Mary Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278117392536167641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post-5265784240408239812014-08-18T15:47:20.613-05:002014-08-18T15:47:20.613-05:00My FamilyTree DNA Family Finder Origins suggests t...My FamilyTree DNA Family Finder Origins suggests that 4% of my ancestry is of Middle Eastern origins. Doing the math, it would figure that Charles Miller's grandfather would have been the one that was from this area.Matthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470236018203715367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post-79368677501567040752014-07-24T09:13:21.814-05:002014-07-24T09:13:21.814-05:00The web page at http://eupedia.com/forum/threads/2...The web page at http://eupedia.com/forum/threads/28988-Haplogroup-J2-Romans-Christianity-and-Viticulture discusses various aspects of haplogroup J2 and the Romans. It's a good possibility that my great-grandfather Miller was a descendant of a Roman that moved into the area as part of the expansion of the Roman Empire. According to that page, this haplogroup were typically poor farmers. They Matthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470236018203715367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428431605173662318.post-55096793771419996002014-06-16T18:27:36.979-05:002014-06-16T18:27:36.979-05:00FamilyTreeDNA has further refined my Haplogroup to...FamilyTreeDNA has further refined my Haplogroup to J-L25. I don't see that this narrows down the origin however.Matthew Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470236018203715367noreply@blogger.com